Article
Association of TNF-α-308G/A and IL-18 Polymorphisms with risk of HPV infection among sexually active women in Burkina Faso.
Biomolecular concepts - 15 Apr 2020
Traore Ina M A, Zohoncon Théodora M, Djigma Florencia W, Compaore T Rebeca, Traore Yves, Simpore Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Persistence infection can lead to the development of cervical cancer potentially due to some genetic factors such as polymorphisms in regulatory and coding regions of cytokine genes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between TNF-308 G/A or IL18 polymorphisms and high-risk HPV...
Topics
- Adult
- Burkina Faso
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukin-18
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
